picked this up off the RSS feed of the Engineer, a UK website. Congrats to Jessica Hollingworth.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/babcock-grad-burns-bright/
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/babcock-grad-burns-bright/
At the risk of sounding sexist, I think that there are also fewer women engineers because, on the average, there are fewer women then men who have an innate curiosity about science and technology (I was fairly old before I realized my intense curiosity about such matters was an exception compared to the average person of either sex).Engineering isn't, "male dominated" because we run the women off with torches and pitchforks, it's because they don't try to become engineers.
I believe you're correct. I also believe I was whining about low achievers blaming everybody but themselves for the choices they made. The excuse that, "Other people have done this before I even tried, but most of them weren't the same (sex, color, religion, etc.) as me, therefore I can't do it." grinds my gears. There are good engineers of every size, shape, and color.I think that there are also fewer women engineers because, on the average, there are fewer women than men who have an innate curiosity about science and technology
"men continue to dominate the upper echelons of things like mathematics, physics, and chess."Here is one interesting study,
This dictionary lists the definitions from earliest to latest. With four being the contemporary definition, 4 applies. Of course, when someone uses the earlier definitions, arguments ensue.from Merrian-Websters
Full Definition of dominate
transitive verb
1: rule, control <an empire that dominated the world>
2: to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on <the ambition that has dominated his life>
3: to overlook from a superior elevation or command because of superior height or position <a hill that dominates the town>
4a : to be predominant in <sugar maples dominate the forest>
b : to have a commanding or preeminent place or position in <name brands dominate the market>
I wish I had, by luck alone, been assigned to the female chemistry teacher in college. The male teacher enjoyed humiliating students, as if seeking to eliminate any future competition for his job. The female surely would have had a different approach. Simply a lack of desire to destroy the light in each student would have made all the difference for me.The head of our electronics department was/is female( in my school).
I wish I had, by luck alone, been assigned to the female chemistry teacher in college. The male teacher enjoyed humiliating students, as if seeking to eliminate any future competition for his job. The female surely would have had a different approach. Simply a lack of desire to destroy the light in each student would have made all the difference for me.
Yeah...most people don't understand: I always surpass my teachers but that doesn't mean I want their job.Too many times I just did what I enjoyed for the sake of doing it without second thought as to how it made me look, only to be ran off because some manager saw me as a threat to his job, despite me having zero interest in ever taking it from him.
Females are very competitive ( how they direct that is another matter) However most of the time that I've had a female "overlord" They have been ones of the nicest bosses I've ever had.I wish I had, by luck alone, been assigned to the female chemistry teacher in college. The male teacher enjoyed humiliating students, as if seeking to eliminate any future competition for his job. The female surely would have had a different approach. Simply a lack of desire to destroy the light in each student would have made all the difference for me.
Yeah the competition becomes real old, very, quick. Note my Genghis Khan commentToo many times I just did what I enjoyed for the sake of doing it without second thought as to how it made me look only to be ran off because some manager saw me as a threat to his job despite me having zero interest in ever taking it from him.
Just let me do my job and be happy with doing it and you will never have to worry about me taking yours.
I can't understand why a chemistry teacher would feel threatened by a Chem 101 student. There is no point in competing with a first year beginner.Females are very competitive ( how they direct that is another matter)
I'm as baffled as you there.I can't understand why a chemistry teacher would feel threatened by a Chem 101 student. There is no point in competing with a first year beginner.
Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering programs are favored by women for some reason. These programs are approaching 50% women in most Midwest (USA) schools. Some years, some classes are more than 50% women.
You and your preconceived notions need to get out more. There are some fine young engineers with "the knack" that make me feel comfortable that progresses on technology will continue. One young woman's professor told me a story how she got a $100k "bonus" at the end of an internship for solving a brownout issue in a geography-constrained region of Eastern PA. They didn't have funding to hire her but they found so much value in her and what she taught that they drained their consultant budget to pay her.That's because they are on a quest to design the perfect chocolate and have it in the perfect size of candybar to fit their every and ever changing moods.
And, at 80-years old, she gets a Presidential Medal of Freedom - Next week (Nov 22)I will agree, there are talented women in their fields. Remember July 1969 ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist)
You and your preconceived notions need to get out more.
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